Efficiency of isothermal molecular machines at maximum power
Statistical Mechanics
2012-02-01 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Biological Physics
Abstract
We derive upper and lower bounds for the efficiency of an isothermal molecular machine operating at maximum power. The upper bound is reached when the activated state is close to the fueling or reactant state (Eyring-like), while the lower bound is reached when the activated state is close to the product state (Kramers-like).
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@article{arxiv.1201.6396,
title = {Efficiency of isothermal molecular machines at maximum power},
author = {Christian Van den Broeck and Niraj Kumar and Katja Lindenberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.6396},
year = {2012}
}